Halley — #2718 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Halley

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,069 babies named Halley between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Halley currently holds the #2718 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 333 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Halley performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,314 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Halley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 288 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Halley in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Halley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,069 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.